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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1950
Page
5
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wildermuth announce the birth of a daughter named Sandra Kay at Holzer Hospital on Saturday. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Allen Dill and Mrs. George Wildermuth.
About 180 members and guests attended the Meigs County Pomona Grange session at Rocksprings Grange Hall Monday evening. Athens County Pomona Grange guests presented a program including a play titled After the Church Supper which won second in a district contest.
The Meigs County Women's Republican Club will meet Saturday at 2 pm at the party headquarters office in the Hotel Martin.
In a letter to Robert A. Taft, sen ator, railroad unions pledge backing and denounce smear tactics of opponents. Signatories including Charles Bennett and W H Woodard of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers No 544, C E Burdette of the Order of Railroad Conductors No 233, and Jacob Turner of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen No 398 oppose strikes harming production, oppose bounties to labor racketeers, criticize New Deal and Fair Deal, and urge liberty loving Americans to vote Taft on November 7.
Mr and Mrs J W West attended funeral services for Elza Enlow in Hebbardsville. Numerous relatives and friends visited and attended the District Conference at Walnut Street Methodist Church in Chillicothe. Visits included C M Ogle in Chillicothe and Eugene Martin family guests of Mrs King in Albany. Several groups visited Columbus for football and paid calls in Albany and Pomeroy. The Vinton County Cemeter Club held its bi annual meeting at Green Valley Grange Hall with Mrs Edna Dearth noted.
J. O. Roedel R. G. Webster Rolland Neutzling Ralph Graves and W. A. Smith attended a Southeastern Ohio School Board meeting in Athens Tuesday evening. Dr. P. E. Stanley of the Planning Board was absent due to illness.
The county plans a one and four tenths mill bond issue for a Meigs County Veterans Memorial Hospital. Voters are urged to support the measure to keep care local, save travel costs, and improve access during emergencies with a new county hospital.
Harold Hite Pomeroy of Racine is appointed to fill an opening on local draft board 83 per Judge Emmett W. Peoples. Joining him are Clarence Rupp Middleport and N W Compton Pomeroy as current members.
Pomeroy notes announce Dolly Smith engagement to Ted Earl Spires of Cheshire and a later marriage. The Reno Christian Church Youth Class held a Halloween party at Lois Reed’s home with prizes for costumes and plans a skating event in November. Dexter Star Grange meets Saturday at 8 p.m. and showers for recently married Mr. and Mrs. Roger Bolen. Local visits include Ohio University homecoming attendees Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hamm and relatives in Oak Hill and Five Points with infant Kenneth Gary Hartley named.
Funeral services for Frank Capehart drew a gathering of relatives and friends from multiple states. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Walter Capehart of St. Joseph Missouri and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Capehart of Barberton Ohio along with several Capehart family members from Huntington West Virginia New Haven and other locations.
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